Patrick Nienaber is a combat veteran and doctoral researcher studying microdosing as support for post-traumatic stress in veterans.
DOCTORAL CANDIDATE · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES
PAT TILLMAN SCHOLAR · 2023
U.S. ARMY COMBAT VETERAN · OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
A Soldier's Journey Home: A Triangulated Qualitative Study of the Effects of Micro-Dosing LSD on PTSD Among U.S. Combat Veterans
A qualitative study pairing veteran interviews with observations from the people who know them best, examining how sub-perceptual LSD use intersects with post-traumatic stress in daily life. Conducted at the California Institute of Integral Studies; chaired by Dr. Jenny Wade, with Dr. Stanley Krippner and Dr. Grace Blest-Hopley.
Microdosing Vets — study site Psychedelic Vets
Self-report alone can drift. The study triangulates each veteran's account with a friendly observer — a spouse, sibling, or close friend who sees what daily life actually looks like — and the researcher's structured analysis. Three bearings converge on what is really changing.
Peer-reviewed publications from the dissertation research are forthcoming. Conference presentations and preprints will appear here as they become available.
Term-scoped annotated bibliographies — one subject at a time, read closely. Volume I, LSD & Trauma/PTSD, is building now.
A long-running photographic practice — the same discipline of careful observation, pointed somewhere quieter.
A greenhouse of repurposed windows, a food forest, and graduate training in herbal medicine.
A curated wellness boutique — small-batch spagyric herbal extractions and practitioner-grade supplements.